Gender Issues in Academics and Academia
ES.242 · Experimental Study Group · Undergraduate · Spring 2004
Dr. Holly Sweet, Kayla Jacobs, Laurel Ruhlen
Does it matter in education whether or not you’ve got a Y chromosome? You bet it does. In this discussion-based seminar, we will explore why males vastly outrank females in math and science and career advancements (particularly in academia), and why girls get better grades and go to college more often than boys. Do the sexes have different learning styles? Are women denied advanced opportunities in academia and the workforce? How do family life and family decisions affect careers for both men a…
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Dr. Holly Sweet, Kayla Jacobs, Laurel Ruhlen. ES.242 Gender Issues in Academics and Academia. Spring 2004. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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